KSI & EASC Graduate Student Symposium

Due to an outside event on November 17th, street closures will take place from 6 AM - 11:30 AM. Please enter through Gate 6 at Vermont and 36th Place and park in Structure A. Please visit parking at USC Parking. A map can also be found here.We apologize for the inconvenience.

Meals:

Lunch will be provided for guests who arrive early at 11 AM. The conference will officially start at 12 PM. There will be a dinner reception at the Ahn House following the conference.

Description:

The USC Korean Studies Institute and the East Asian Studies Center is pleased to announce its first annual graduate student symposium. This symposium will be part of the broader set of annual KSI events—such as the Rising Stars conference and KSI manuscript review—that puts special effort on the cultivation of young scholars and the creation of a culture of mentoring among faculty and graduate students who study Korea and East Asia, both at USC and in the general region.

The symposium aims to professionalize graduate students, nurture their scholarship, and introduce them to Ph.D. students from other universities in Southern California. It will be composed of three panels. Two panels will have graduate students as both presenters and discussants, and a final keynote panel will feature an emerging scholar from Southern California.This year’s guest panelist will be Loyola Marymount University professor Gene Park who will end with the keynote "The Weakest ‘Strong’ State: Why the Japanese state can't raise enough revenue."

Please RSVP to Linda Kim at lindaeki@usc.edu by Friday, 11/9 if you wish to attend, and indicate if you'll be joining for lunch and dinner. Any substantive questions regarding the conference can be directed to Scott Wilbur sawilbur@usc.edu.